Last season ended with the San Francisco Giants taking their third championship in five years. Both the Giants and the Kansas City Royals, slid into the MLB Playoffs as Wild Card teams. It was the Los Angeles Angels that notched the best regular season record, with the Baltimore Orioles, Detroit Tigers, Oakland Athletics, Royals and Angels in the playoffs. The National League saw the Washington Nationals on top, followed by the Los Angeles Dodgers, St. Louis Cardinals and Pittsburgh Pirates.